CICS Transaction Server systems administration
This is the definitive administration course for all those who have responsibility for CICS administration on CICS/TS systems.
At the end of the course, the student should have a good understanding of the workings of CICS and be able to:
- Perform all CICS administration duties;
- Use CEDA transaction to dynamically define resources;
- Understand resource naming conventions;
- Maintain the macro coded table entries;
- Explain the effect parameters have on performance, reliability and availability.
Schedule
date | dur. | lang. | location | price | |
28 Apr | 5 | E | web based | 3281 EUR (excl. VAT) | |
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Intended for
This administration class is designed for the person who has responsibility for, or interest in CICS administration.
Background
Basic CICS experience (at least equivalent with the contents of CICS concepts).
Main topics
- CICS TS Review
What is CICS?; A Resource Manager; CICS Tables; CICS Information Center; CICS organisation; Management; Domains; Reliability; Monitoring; Intercommunication; Service; Applications; Application Support; Application Services; CICS domains; CICS Tables; Example Tables; Creating the CICS data sets; Example jobs; CICS startup messages.
- Table generation
Resource Definition; Resource Definition macro; Using SIT parameters; RDO components; CICS Global Catalog; CICS CSD; Resource Definitions; Resource Definition Groups; Group Lists; Resource commands; List commands; General commands; General Resource Definitions; Add; Remove; Append; Copy; Move; Rename; Display; Expand; Install; Single Resource Install; Check Group; DFHCSDUP Parameters; DFHCSDUP - Offline Utility Program; CSD File Size.
- CEMT Master Terminal Transaction
CEMT; CEMT Help ; PF1 Help; PF3 End; CEMT from a console; Using ?; CEMT Inquire; CEMT Inquire System; CEMT Inquiry Terminal; CEMT Inquiry Task; Problem Determination; Result; Forcepurge: Purge; Variations; CEMT Inq Trans(*); Purgeable; Tclass(Value); File Inquiry; CEMT Inq File(*); Closed Attribute; Tsqueue Inquire; CEMT Inq Tsq; Transclass Inquiry; CEMT Inq Tranclass; Jmodel Inquiry; CEMT Inq Jmodel; Journalname Inquiry; CEMT Inq Journalname; Tdqueue Inquiry; CEMT Inq Tdq; Uow Inquiry; CEMT Inq Uow; Set Options; CEMT Set; CEMT Set Dumpds; Perform Options; Discard Options; Discard.
- System Initialization Table
CICS Initialization; Assembling the SIT; SIT Parameters; Parameters that cannot be coded in the SIT; Supplied SIT DFHSIT6£.
- Dispatching
Dispatcher Domain; Dispatcher; Maximum Task (MXT); Purpose; Transaction Class (TRANSCLASS); Purpose; View Tranclass; Group; Maxactive; Purgethresh; Transclass Names; Tranclass(name): Task Priority (0-255); Prtyage; Region Exit Interval ICV; ICVTSD; Runaway Task (ICVR); Purpose; TCB Modes; Use of TCBs; TCBS at CICS/TS; Open Transaction Environment; MAXOPENTCBS; FORCEQR={NO|YES}; SSLTCBS; TCPIP; OPENTCBS; DB2 OTE Exploitation; TCB Switching.
- Transaction Definition
CEDA Define Transaction; the Indoubt Attributes.
- Profile definition
CEDA Define Profile.
- Program Definition
CEDA Define Program.
- Mapset Definition
Mapset Definition; Program Autoinstall; SIT Parameters; User Replaceable Area; COMMAREA Layout; Program Autoinstall; Program models; Summary.
- Program List Table
Program List Table; Macro coded PLT; DFHPLT TYPE=INITIAL; DFHPLT TYPE=ENTRY; PROGRAM=DFHDELIM; PLTPI; PLTSD.
- Storage
Startup Parameters; The CICS Region; Dynamic Storage Areas; Subsystem Storage Protection; Extended Read Only DSA; CICS DSAs; Shared DSAs; User DSAs; DSA Limits; Improved Storage Management; DSALIM; EDSALIM; Short on Storage; Events proceeding SOS; Events when SOS; *DSASZE={0K|number}; Transaction Isolation; TRANISO; Extents; DSA Extents; Kernel Changes; Kernel stacks; CEMT Inq System; Storage Parameters; CEMT Inq DSAs; DSALIMITS.
- Terminal Definition
Terminal Autoinstall; When to use; SIT Parameters; CEDA Define Terminal.
- TYPETERM Definition
CEDA Define TYPETERM.
- Communications
VTAM Applid; MRO/ISC; An Implementation; CEMT Inquire VTAM; CEMT Set VTAM; Inter System Communication; Multi-Region Operation /EXCI; LU 6.2 / MRO connections; Sessions; CEMT Inq Terminal Options; CEMT Inq Terminal.
- TCP/IP & Web Services
CWS Resource Definition; TCPIPSERVICE definitions; Doctemplate definitions; CICS/TS JCL Changes; SSL; Templates; DFHHTML; 3270 Bridge; MVS requirements; CWS RDO; TCPIPSERVICE Definition; Security and Encryption; Sample Analysers; SSL enablement; SSL SIT parameters; ENCRYPTION; SSL SIT parameters; SSLDELAY; Full SSL Handshake; Overheads; Client Certificates; Extract Certificate; Extracting RACF USERID; DFH$RING; Web Services - Pipeline; Pipeline; Web Services - Webservice; Web Services - Urimap; URIMAP - General and Server Options; URIMAP - Client and Pipeline Options; URIMAP ValidityMatrix.
- Document Templates
- Trace
Tracing Activity; Transaction and Terminal Tracing; Reducing the cost of Trace; Component Tracing; Component Trace Options.
- File Definition
CEDA Define File; Shared Data Tables; Data Table Types; CICS Maintained; USER Maintained; Coupling Facility Data Tables (CFDTs); Defining Pools and Starting Servers; IXCMIAPU CFRM Policy Definition.
- LSRPOOL Definition
CEDA Define Lsrpool; Hyperspace Buffers.
- ENQMODELs
- CECI Transaction
CECI; Command Interpreter; Read/Update; Variables; The Record Data Displayed; The Record Data In Hex/Char; Make a Change; Rewrite the Modified Record.
- Transient Data
Transient Data; Queue Types; Destination Control Table (DCT); CEDA Define TDQUEUE; Extra Partition Parameters; CEDA Define TDQUEUE; Intra Partition Parameters; Indirect parameters; IBM supplied TD QUEUES.
- Temporary Storage
Temporary Storage; MAIN vs AUX VS Coupling Facility; Define Tsmodel; TS Coupling Facility Pool; TSServer; CFRM policy.
- CEBR Transaction
CEBR; Help; CEBR Commands; QUEUE XXXXXXXX; TERMINAL XXXX; PURGE; TOP; BOTTOM; CEBR; FIND/STRING; LINE nnnn; COLUMN nnnn; GET XXXX; PUT XXXX.
- MVS LOGGER
Log Manager Concepts; Coupling Facility; DASD Only Logging; The CICS Log; CHAIN INSTANCES; CICS BUFFERS; Log Trimming; Offloading; Chain Moving; How does it tie together?; CICS/TS Activity - Key Pointing; Journal Models; Coupling Facility Example; DASD Model Example; Logger statistics; SMF 88 record fields.
- CICS Hangs & Abends
Transaction Dump Datasets; CEMT Inquire Dumpds; Printing Transaction Dumps; System Dumps; IPCS; CICS640 components; Managing CICS Transaction Dumps; CICS Transaction Dump Table; Managing CICS System Dumps; CICS Dump Table; SIT Options.
- DB2
Defining DB2 Connections with CEDA; Defining DB2 Entries with CEDA; Defining DB2 Transactions with CEDA; Starting the Attachment.
Training method
The course combines formal tuition with a series of practical exercises. Over the course of the week attendees build and operate a CICS/TS system from scratch.
Attendees are encouraged to bring along the System Initialization Table macros and Overrides for a couple of production CICS regions - If Transaction Routing and/or Function Shipping is being used then a SIT and Overrides for a TOR, AOR and DOR would be welcome.
Duration
5 days.
Course leader
RSM Technology.
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